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Prof. Dr. Julia Linke

Research Group Leader LIR, Research group leader, Chair for Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience of Resilience (CPNR), Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz

Contact

Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung gGmbH
Wallstraße 7
55131 Mainz

+49 (0)6131 89448-00
General Information
Year of Birth

1981

Current Position

Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Chair for Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience of Resilience (CPNR), Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

University training and degrees
2025

Licensure: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Children and Adolescents

2013

Licensure: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults

2012

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Medical Faculty Mannheim at Heidelberg University, Germany, Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (summa cum laude)

2007

Diploma in Psychology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany (with Honors, with Distinction)

Advanced academic qualifications
2024

Editors’ Best of 2024 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2022

Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Award

2021

NIMH Director’s Award: Outstanding Mentorship

2021

Travel Award for the Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

2020

National Institutes of Health Fellows Award for Research Excellence

2020

Society of Biological Psychiatry Rising Star Award

2019

Society of Biological Psychiatry Domestic Travel Fellowship Award

2018

National Institutes of Health Fellows Award for Research Excellence

Postgraduate professional career
since 2025

Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

since 2025

Professor, Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience of Resilience (CPNR), Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany + Director of the Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy and Neuropsychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

2023–2025

Professor, University of Freiburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents, Psychological Institute + Director of the Outpatient Clinic for Children, Adolescents and Families at Freiburg University

2023–2024

Eleonore Trefftz Professor, Technical University Dresden, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychological Institute

2023

Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School, Louis A. Faillace, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2017–2023

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, U.S., Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, Emotion and Development Branch

2013–2017

Staff Scientist, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, Department of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, Psychological Institute

2012–2013

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University, Germany, Section for Experimental Psychopathology and Neuroimaging

Selected Publications

Linke JO, Naim R, Haller SP, Koshravi P, Scheinberg B, Byrne ME, Harrewijn A, Leibenluft E, Brotman MA, Winkler AM, Pine DS (2026) Reduced threat-related neural efficiency: a possible biomarker for pediatric anxiety disorders. Am J Psychiatry. doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241043

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Brown BS, Nguyen L, Morales I, Cardinale EM, Tseng W-L, McKay CC, Kircanski K, Brotman MA, Pine DS, Leibenluft E, Linke JO (2025) Associations between neighborhood resources and youth’s response to reward omission in a task modeling negatively biased environments. J Am Acad Child AdolescPsychiatry. doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.05.011

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Xu EP, Stange JP, Linke JO (2025) Network analysis suggest working memory as a key target for facilitating subjective well-being. J Affect Disord. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120139

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Linke JO, Haller SP, Xu EP, Nguyen LT, Chue AE, Botz-Zapp C, Revzina O, Perlstein S, Ross AJ, Tseng W-L, Shaw P, Brotman MA, Pine DS, Gotts SJ, Leibenluft E, Kircanski K (2023) Persistent Frustration-Induced Reconfigurations of Brain Networks Predict Individual Differences in Irritability. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 62(6):684–695. doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.11.009

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